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ULTRA RARE EGYPTIAN PRE-DYNASTIC FLINT BORER BLADE Exposed Site - Lower Nile Region, Northeast Egypt FAYUM TRADITION : 7,400 - 6,400 years ago This FAYUM TRADITION tool was found on an exposed site in the Desert in Northeast Egypt. It was masterfully fashioned by the earliest farming peoples of Egypt between 7,400 and 6,400 years ago, long before the first dynasties of Ancient Egypt were to be. This type of tool is called a BLADE BORER. It is very well made of flint with steep flaking down both blade sides to yield a strong robust body. This tool would have been used to pierce hides for shelter and clothing manufacture. Masterfully made and rarely found due to such diminutive size. A necessary and important part of the Fayum tool kit needed for everyday living over 6400 years ago! In 'as found' condition with NO RESTORATION, NO REPAIR and NO MODERN DAMAGE. Stone tools from Pre-Dynastic Egypt are so rare as a result of strict Egyptian laws in place now protecting and preventing all export of such artifacts. This VERY RARE specimen is one of only two we will offer. It was collected several decades ago and remained in the private collection of the original collector up until our recent acquisition. Tools from this period are so rare in fact, that we feel certain we will not acquire any more and no effort will be made to create a separate section on this website as we will offer the ONLY TWO specimens we have here in this section. This blade is a prize find for the advanced collector of tools from the EARLIEST farming peoples of the Nile. At the end of the Pleistocene Period in the Nile Region, temperate conditions made for an ideal environment for the birth of a highly specialized Neolithic society between 7000 B.C. and 3000 B.C.. The Neolithic Fayum farming societies of Egypt cultivated emmer wheat and flax for cloth production. They grew their crops by the lake in the Fayum depression, hence the name for their tool culture. The Fayum peoples also raised and herded goat, sheep, pig and cattle. Their living quarters left no trace in some regions but were likely made from reeds or skins over a light frame. Wattle-and-daub villages have also been attributed to these peoples. The Fayum society represents the oldest evidence of food production from the Nile dating back to 4400 B.C.. PRE-DYNASTIC EGYPTIAN STONE TOOLS ARE SUPER RARE - COMPLETE AND WELL-MADE! 1.5" in length SOLD FA002 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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